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Find textbooks at Alibris!

NOTE: Overstock bests Amazon's prices and is "blue."

THE BOOKS WITH "BUZZ":
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Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story:

True Compass: A Memoir
by Edward M. Kennedy.

Read Barack Obama's vision for America:

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama

Boran2 and maryb2004 recommend:

The Big Over Easy: A Nursery Crime
by Jasper Fforde

Must-have information for all presidents-and citizens-of the twenty-first century?

Physics for Future Presidents: The Science behind the Headlines
Richard A. Muller

rae recommends:

Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire
by Morris Berman.

On BooMan’s shelf:

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin

This looks interesting:

Adventure Divas
by Holly Morris

Here’s a good one from
Elizabeth Gilbert:

Eat Pray Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert

"Crash" * Best Motion Picture, Academy Awards * Only $11.79 at Overstock * 2006 SAG Winner, Best Ensemble

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NEW FAVORITES

Selected new arrivals at 30% off

Recommended by Indianadem and ejmw:
The Conscience of a Liberal
by Paul Wellstone

From northcountry’s bookshelf:

The New Golden Age:
The Coming Revolution Against
Political Corruption and Economic Chaos
by Ravi Batra

A novel about contractors in Iraq from the woman that runs The Spy That Billed Me:

Outsourced: A Novel
from RJ Hillhouse.


Great Deals
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Find mystery novels by Nancy Pickard ("Kansas")



Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the UN Defy US Power by Phyllis Bennis (interviewed on DN!)


Featured by Keith Olbermann, New (Powell's Sale): Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower by William Blum (whose other books merit serious consideration)


"Explosive" State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration
by James Risen


The book the CIA doesn't want you to read: Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander
Larry Johnson's review


BT's all-time best seller:

PERMACULTURE:
A Designers' Manual

$79.95 * Sale: $59.95


Unequal Sisters: A Multicultural Reader in U.S. Women's History (Third Edition)


The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor And Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!


The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
by Timothy Egan


Green Press Initiative
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Journalistas: 100 Years of the Best Writing and Reporting by Women Journalists by Eleanor Mills * NYT review


Bury Me Standing: the Gypsies & Their Journey


1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus



Brokeback Mountain
by Annie Proulx
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Check out Powell's
"At The Movies"


Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World by Noam Chomsky (Power & Terror: Post 9-11 Talks)


The Price of Privilege:

How Parental Pressure and
Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of
Disconnected and Unhappy Kids

by Madeline Levine


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I'm sorry you feel that way. I think he's a great force in Democratic politics right now. But the Democratic establishment feels threatened by it. He was censored because he dared speak of the great impact of Saul Alinski's work in community organizing and dared to get his readers to join up in local groups to meet each other and discuss their ideas. Al Giordano is doing something that most bloggers haven't been able to accomplish yet and he offers alot of insight into community organizing that most have no clue about.
by RandyH on Mon Jun 16th, 2008 at 07:31:02 PM EST
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There is an arrogance and lack of democratic spirit on his site.  I enjoyed reading it for a number of months and occasionally commented until he spent a good deal of time in his comments dissing his readers and posters.  

I haven't read about the Aulinksy brouhaha since it apparently happened after I quit reading The Field, but it's funny that Al should scream about censorship when he was very up front about his plan to remove all comments that were contrary to his viewpoint.  As I said above, not objectionable for what I would consider valid reasons.  But unacceptable because they didn't fit his personal criteria.  To hell with that.

by Heart of the Rockies on Mon Jun 16th, 2008 at 07:42:09 PM EST
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Yeah. I hear you. He has an extremely high readership. And he wants to keep them on track for action. He has scolded us for doubting our candidate and the whole "Chicken Little" attitude that prevails in Democratic circles and he's done us a huge service for doing it.

The owner of RuralVotes (Al's former home) is a Democratic Party big-wig Superdelgate woman and she had a problem with him discussing Saul Alinsky (1909-1972.) She wanted him to delete his post about him. He refused. I was confused by it, since I'd never heard of the guy, and checked to see if my library had his last book "Rules For Radicals" (1971) and they had it! I checked it out and OH MY GOD what an education.

I think very highly of Al. That doesn't mean I think any less of you. He's just not your typical blogger. He's been reporting (in print and radio) and working in politics for many years. Nowadays his work is primarily at NarcoNews, who reports on Central and South American countries and their political relationships with the US. Unlike most bloggers, he was NOT working for RuralVotes for free. He was paid. We readers liked the coverage so much that we also decided to send him to Texas and to Denver by paying for his travel expenses. We did this as readers who loved the coverage with his perspective. He didn't need to beg. We insisted upon it.

by RandyH on Mon Jun 16th, 2008 at 08:09:01 PM EST
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I was one of the readers who paid to send him to TX.
by Heart of the Rockies on Tue Jun 17th, 2008 at 11:10:27 AM EST
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